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[10] It is of course obvious that our scientific
knowledge on matters of the body has been imagined by those allowed to participate
in the production of this dominant discourse. If feminists are to join
in and participate in the production of a 'new history' of biological
knowledge, then they must think beyond the dominant imagination. In the
words of Hélène Cixous, 'the future must no longer be determined
by the past' (1981, 245). This does not mean that we must dispose
of all biological knowledge of the body or question the existence of molecules
and organs. It does mean however that the biology of these matters needs
to be examined and (re)materialized through feminist analyses. So, in
this sense it can be argued that the body to which feminists are attempting
to return has yet to exist. But I believe that there are some matters
of the biological body that feminists never left behind in the first place.
It may therefore be beneficial to start our journey back to a new biology by
returning to the point of our apparent departure from the body.